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Originally Posted by eschaton
Out of curiosity, how would major Latin American cities rank in general in terms of walkability?
It seems like - doing a quick Street View tour - all the South American ones are walkable (though some - like La Paz and Lima, are more functional than attractive). This is less true in Central America and the Caribbean.
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I'll talk about Brazil, as the only foreign Latin American city I know is Montevideo, which is very walkable.
I'd say Rio de Janeiro is very walkable. São Paulo tracks behind, with good walkability contained in pockets separated by autocentric sections.
São Paulo, however, is growing more and more walkable (and bikeable), specially after the last zoning changing in 2016, that once more allowed mix-used and more densification regardless the plot size. The new developments are much much better and there are ages since the last big highway, bridge, tunnel works on the city. Subway keeps expanding.
Outside that, you'll only have specific walkable neighbourhoods on the biggest cities Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Salvador, Recife. For the rest, you'll need a car to have a confortable life.